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We are here explicitly talking about rules of a form that limits what a GM can do.. Not about narrative games in general?

If it had been that simple. There were factions that were very explicit about how encouraging play deviating from RAW was "lazy design"...

I didn't question your ability to express yourself. I am presenting a counter-argument - we should not cordon off an entire style of...

Writing something codifies something. Codification makes the activity feel different, even if they actually do not deviate from what you...

Musing that touches on rules, verisimilitude, realism, what the characters experience in the world, and not wanting to change sacred...

Agreed. They're astronomically popular, and their players have a geat time, but I agree insofar as their styles aren't my cup of tea...

The Forge was the biggest step forward we have ever seen in RPG design, and also the two biggest steps back.

This was a forge thing. "System matters", "protect players against GM abuse" and all that jazz. I never heard anything about strict...

Even saying boring GMs aren't good is problematic. I can recognise the likes of Matt Mercer, Matt Colville, and Brandon being good at...

We're all allowed to state our opinions as long as we respectfully state our opinions especially when we disagree ... although some of...

Negative. At most #3. I'm 95% sure this is the longest...

I am. The main reason I feel is how much effort I had to do to build encounters for higher level characters, and how board players were...

Draw Steel has very detailed mechanics for out-of-combat Tests, Negotiations and Downtime proceedures. Whilst players can simply roll...

Booth Draw Steel and Pathfinder Second Edition put substantially more effort into non-combat mechanics than D&D typically does.

I think the common comparison to 4ed is apt, as I think they are both in the positional tactics niche; tough they do it somewhat...